Conference: Trees – Fear of Litigation versus Biodiversity

A recent study of the Institute of Environmental Law at the Johannes Kepler University in Linz showed that the legal situation of trees in Austria is unsatisfying and leads in many cases to the removal of old valuable trees as a result of fear of litigation. (JKU Linz, Claudia Jandl, Erika Wagner: Umweltbedingte Haftungsfragen Jan Sramek Verlag 2016)

The study also contains suggestions for the neccessary changes of law which will be discussed at the conference in Seitenstetten.

Trees have important functions for the environment and thus beneficial effects on human dwellers especially in urban areas. The effects of the aspired law changes would be positive in different areas: